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NoWcard Concessionary Travel System (Managed Service)
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 16 Oct 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
NoWcard is a transport smart card pass, most commonly for the elderly or disabled, available for use in Cumberland, Westmorland & Furness, Lancashire County Council (LCC), Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool administrative areas. It is administered by LCC on behalf of all NoWcard members with the smart card recording journey details and verifies eligibility for the concessionary travel.
LCC wish to engage a managed service provider to supply and maintain an ITSO (Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation) compliant NoWcard system, which is composed of the following components;
1. Asset Management System - Host Operator Processing System (AMS - HOPS)
2. ITSO Secure Application Module (ISAM) management
3. Cardholder and Card Management System (CMS) - English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) and Commercial Schemes
4. On-line application (web portal) - integration of ENCTS and existing commercial CMS
5. Print and Dispatch
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 48000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
5 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 26 Sep 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 26 September 2025.
Release 060285-2025
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Planning notice published 3 October 2025. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 061964-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 7 May 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 7 May 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Fri 12 Jun 2026, 11:00 BST.
Release 042091-2026
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Notice published 7 October 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 094963-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 16 Oct 2026Notice
Notice published 16 October 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 097701-2026
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
06/ Questions
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07/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a385
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Last verified
- Fri 16 Oct 2026, 09:45 BST
- Read at
- Sun 18 Oct 2026, 13:23 BST
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